market vectors gold miners

Gainers

• Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) up 2.43% to $51.43. Shares are up as gold prices are again touching new highs recently on currency fears.
  
  August delivery, the most actively traded, hit $1254.50/Troy ounce overnight, and is currently at $1248.50. Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDXJ) is also a winner today, up 3.07% to $27.89.
• United States Oil (NYSE: USO) up 0.37% to $32.71.

Gainers

• SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 1.70% to $117.05. June 10 contracts of gold are trading up $21.5 today to $1196.5/Troy ounce, about a 1.9% advance.
  
  Gold seeing some love as protesters in Greece are heightening investor currency fears. Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) is also trading 2.25% higher to $50.35.
• PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.57% to $24.75.
  
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Gainers

• Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) up 1.01% to $16.12. Shares in the sector are up today despite avdowngrade by S&P of Greece's debt to junk yesterday and a downgrade of Spain today.
  
  CDS spreads have tightened on a number of financial companies after rising in recent days on concerns about financial reform.
• Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) up 3.25% to $49.85.

Notable ETF Movers of the Day : Gainers

• Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy (NYSE: TAN) up 2.22% to $8.73.
  
  The solar sector is mostly postive today as JA Solar (NASDAQ: JASO) increased its Q110 shipment guidance by 40 to 50-MW to 265-MW.
• Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) up 2.20% to $47.83.
  
  Gold shares are rising on worries over European debt. A stronger dollar pressures gold, because gold is denominated in U.S. dollars.
  
  On that note...

Notable ETF Movers of the Day: Advancers

• SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB) up 2.33% to $15.37.
  
  Shares of the homebuilders are on an upswing ahead of Pulte Home's (NYSE: PHM) earnings report scheduled for tomorrow, February 9, 2010.
  
  Additionally, click here to get a little more color. iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction (NYSE: ITB) is also up about 3% to $12.78.
• Semiconductor HOLDRs (NYSE: SMH) up 1.08% to $25.36.

StreetInsider.com Notable ETF Movers: HIGHER;

• United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) up 3.47% to $10.43.
  
  Still riding the benefits of reserves being used more than anticipated.
• Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) up 1.49% to $44.40.
  
  Gold and silver are making an upturn as fears of banking regulation are driving investors from the U.S. dollar into more tangible investments.
  
  The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) is also trading lower today, down 0.35% to $23.04.
• Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLB) up 0.53% to $32.44.

StreetInsider.com Notable ETF Movers: HIGHER;

• Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) up 2.35% to $54.94.
  
  Gold maintains a high level after breaking through a record high of $1200 yesterday. Investors, losing faith in the Dollar and other currencies, are still trudging towards tangible metals.
• iShares MSCI Turkey Invest Mkt Index (NYSE: TUR) shares are up 3.93% to $49.44.
  
  J.P. Morgan recently upgraded the sector, noting that Turkish exporters may benefit from a European bounce-back.

• United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) explodes 6.77% to $9.62. The ETF is up as natural gas Jan 10 futures are up 8% on economic data and some colder forecasts for the Midwest and Northeasten U.S.
• Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDX) moving about 2.5% to $52.74.
  
  Gold is hitting record highs above $1180 today, setting a good pace for miners to bank in the near-term.
• SPDR S&P Retail (NYSE: XRT) up 2.12% to $35.62.
  
  The ETF is loving today’s economics. Personal income up? Jobless claims down? New home sales up? Should make for